[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 54 (Monday, March 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 15020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6806]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to submit an information 
collection request to OMB and solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of 
continued approval of information collections under the provisions of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Information Pertaining to the Requirement to be Submitted
    1. The title of the information collection: DOE/NRC Form 742, 
``Material Balance Report;'' NUREG/BR-0007, ``Instructions for 
Completing Material Balance Report and Physical Inventory Listing;'' 
and DOE/NRC Form 742C, ``Physical Inventory Listing.''
    2. Current OMB approval number: DOE/NRC Form 742 and NUREG/BR-0007: 
3150-0004; DOE/NRC Form 742C: 3150-0058.
    3. How often the collection is required: DOE/NRC Forms 742 and 742C 
are submitted semiannually following a physical inventory of nuclear 
materials.
    4. Who is required or asked to report: Persons licensed to possess 
specified quantities of special nuclear or source material.
    5. The number of annual respondents: DOE/NRC Form 742: 200 
licensees; DOE/NRC Form 742C: 180 licensees.
    6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement 
or request: DOE/NRC Form 742: 300 hours; DOE/NRC Form 742C: 2,160 
hours.
    7. Abstract: Each licensee authorized to possess special nuclear 
material totalling more than 350 grams of contained uranium-235, 
uranium-233, or plutonium, or any combination thereof, and any licensee 
authorized to possess 1,000 kilograms of source material is required to 
submit DOE/NRC Form 742. Reactor licensees required to submit DOE/NRC 
Form 742, and facilities subject to 10 CFR Part 75, are required to 
submit DOE/NRC Form 742C. The information is used by NRC to fulfill its 
responsibilities as a participant in US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement and 
bilateral agreements with Australia and Canada, and to satisfy its 
domestic safeguards responsibilities.
    Submit, by May 19, 2000, comments that address the following 
questions:
    1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC 
to properly perform its functions? Does the information have practical 
utility?
    2. Is the burden estimate accurate?
    3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected?
    4. How can the burden of the information collection be minimized, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology?
    A copy of the draft supporting statement may be viewed free of 
charge at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street NW (lower level), 
Washington, DC. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC 
worldwide web site (http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/OMB/index.html). The 
document will be available on the NRC home page site for 60 days after 
the signature date of this notice.
    Comments and questions about the information collection 
requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Brenda Jo. 
Shelton, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, T-6 E 6, Washington, DC 
20555-0001, by telephone at (301) 415-7233, or by Internet electronic 
mail at [email protected].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day of March, 2000.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda Jo. Shelton,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-6806 Filed 3-17-00; 8:45 am]
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